Kerry Diotte
Edmonton Griesbach, Alberta · Conservative · Canada
“The United States has already raised concerns about discriminatory digital taxes and regulatory measures targeting American companies. The Liberals should be working to strengthen North American trade, not weaken it. Our economy depends on stable and predictable trade relationships.”
“We have repeatedly called on the government to remove all taxes on gasoline and diesel at the pumps to give some measure of tax relief to beleaguered Canadians. Unfortunately, the Liberals have only responded with half measures, including taking off a few cents a litre in taxes, but we know more can be done.”
“Canada should be attracting investment, not driving it away. Businesses need certainty. They need competitiveness. They need a government that understands economic growth. Instead, under the Liberal government, all they get is endless regulation, escalating costs and unpredictable markets.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians are stretched thin. They are paying more for groceries, more for gas, more for rent, more for everything. Now the Liberals want them to pay more to stream their favourite shows and movies online.”
“That means higher monthly bills for Canadian families who are already struggling with the cost of living crisis the Liberal government created. The Liberals can try to dress this up in bureaucratic language. They can call it a contribution, and they can call it modernization, but Canadians know better.”
“This 15% tax hike places Canada among the most expensive operating jurisdictions in the world for streaming services. Put simply, it discourages business investment in Canada and will further devastate Canadian film and television production hubs like Vancouver and Toronto.”
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“There is nothing I like better than knocking on doors in politics. That gives a person the very best feedback possible about what issues are most important to people, and sometimes we get it in very colourful language. In this latest campaign, I heard loud and clear that people were eager for change. They were worried about this country. The biggest fear I heard at the doors is about the rapid rise in crime over the last Liberal decade. This crime threatens all Canadians, but let us talk about the crime facing just the city of Edmonton. Here are a few of the headlines from a search I did on Google in just the last two months.”
“The nomination campaign itself took a ton of work and dedication. My team and I knocked on thousands of doors and made thousands of calls, weekdays and weekends, for a year and a half. I thank my team members for that. I am also grateful for my Conservative MP colleagues, some of whom are in this very room, who helped out on this campaign and helped us win the main campaign. Of course, thanks goes to my wife Clare Denman, who has always worked right at my side on all campaigns. Most of all, I am grateful to all the voters of Edmonton Griesbach, who once again chose me to represent them in Ottawa. I can promise that I will always represent them to the best of my ability, regardless of who they voted for. They can reach out to me and my office anytime they need assistance. We are at their service.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am glad to give my first full speech here in this hallowed hall. It is amazing to be back. Some will likely remember that I was a Conservative member of Parliament from 2015 to 2021. With this being my first full speech since coming back, I would like to quickly thank a few people who directly helped me, especially the people of Edmonton Griesbach. Politics truly is a team sport, and I am humbled and grateful to each and every person who helped on this amazing journey to defeat the NDP and turn Edmonton Griesbach Tory blue once again. I have always hated the colour orange, anyway. I do not think I have any of it in my wardrobe. There were hundreds who played a part in the win. That included 1,200 people who bought Conservative Party memberships from me and my team.”
“Mr. Speaker, I believe it is on the website. It is not a surprise to Albertans that Liberals think that gas and diesel are pure evil. Why else would they be sticking with Justin Trudeau's EV mandates? EV sales are sagging and auto manufacturers are dead set against these mandates. This Liberal idea is a real clunker, and it is an affront to free choice. Will the Prime Minister reverse this reckless policy and let Canadians buy the vehicles they actually want to buy?”
“Madam Speaker, my Liberal colleague across the way extols the virtues of the electric vehicle. It sounds wondrous. It sounds like a grade 8 oral, in fact. It sounds like they are wonderful vehicles. What would my colleague say to my friend who has a Tesla and cannot drive it in the winter because it is cold in Edmonton? He needs to borrow his spouse's vehicle because he cannot turn on the heater to get to work, so he does not drive the EV when it is cold in the winter. What would she tell him?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal member across the way talks about working with the auto sector and the industry. I met with some industry reps yesterday, and they hate these vehicle mandates. They have to be fully electric by 2026, and we are at 7.5% now. What kind of draconian laws is the government prepared to bring in so it can meet those targets?”
“Mr. Speaker, I was the Conservative MP in Edmonton Griesbach from 2015 to 2021. Our team narrowly lost the 2021 election, but we won big in 2025, and it is great to be back. Politics is a team sport, and I am grateful for all the people who helped us win. The nomination campaign itself took tremendous work. My team and I knocked on doors seven days a week for a year and a half. My thanks go to some of those nomination team members, in no particular order: Paul Currie, Burt Schoeppe, Carol Kozlevcar, Stella McNeill, Cheryl McCracken, Daphne Price, Heather Markland and Leo Huang. My thanks also go to Rhoda Lupaschuk, Beenadd Sebhat, Jason Steele, Mark Hillman, Justin Thomas, Elisabeth Talbot-Jones, Peng Wu and Patrick Stewart. My thanks go to everyone who helped us win the main campaign.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is really a wonder that, for years, Canadians were told that we must have a carbon tax. The Liberals told them and told them. Magically, as if by magic, just before an election, suddenly, poof, it disappears. I am wondering if my Liberal friend across the aisle would admit that were it not for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, Canadians would still be saddled with an onerous, hated carbon tax, and that this whole thing was nothing but an election ploy.”
“Mr. Speaker, during the election campaign, people at the doors told me they are fed up with crime. With violent crime up 50%, many folks are afraid to walk around in their own city. This year, Edmontonians were shocked when a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a transit station. People know this chaos is a direct result of the Liberals' soft-on-crime laws. When will the Prime Minister stop the crime and lock up the criminals by repealing Trudeau's Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 ?”